あなたの菜園で作れる穀物や野菜を食べて生活する方がずっと安上がりだ。

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English Translation

It's much cheaper to live on grains and vegetables you can grow in your garden.

Furigana

あなたの菜園(さいえん)で作(つく)れる穀物(こくもつ)や野菜(やさい)を食(た)べて生活(せいかつ)する方(ほう)がずっと安上(やすあ)がりだ。

Romanji

Anata no saien de tsukureru kokumotsu ya yasai o tabete seikatsusuru hō ga zutto yasuagari da.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

菜園 (さいえん)

vegetable garden

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

穀物 (こくもつ)

grain; cereal; corn

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

野菜 (やさい)

vegetable

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

安上がり (やすあがり)

cheap; economical

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative